[Amps] microwave oven reused parts

[John T. M. Lyles]

The cathode (-) power supply may have a large steel canned capacitor 
around 1 uF. It is rated for high AC voltage in doubler service, and 
is usually polypropylene dielectric. If it is rated for few kV, it 
makes a very nice capacitor for tuned filter power supplies, across 
the appropiate choke to make a 120 Hz parallel 'trap'.

John
K5PRO

>On Sat, 20 Mar 2004 21:14:17 -0500, Dan Evans wrote:
>
>>I've been given a couple of old microwave ovens I'm planning to salvage for
>>parts.  Aside from the power transformer, is there any other parts that
>  >could be of value?